But the wedding, watched around the world, apparently made Chelsy realise a life by the side of a high profile member of the Royal Family wasn’t for her, according to a royal insider.

Writing in royal biography Harry: Conversations with the Prince, journalist Angela Levin said: “A friend revealed that seeing the enormity and pomp of the day convinced Chelsy that she and Harry had been right to separate.

“Although they had a lot in common, she saw clearly that because they came from such different worlds it could never have worked, especially as she valued her privacy and guarded it so carefully.”

Harry is also said to have read his best man speech over the phone to Chelsy, who a few years ago swapped law to run her own jewellery business.

Ms Levin added: “Harry had read it out at first over the phone to Chelsy in South Africa, who despite no longer being his steady girlfriend, has also been invited to the wedding.

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